Journal · 5 notes
Notes from the cutting room
How we make films, written down while we are making them.

Craft
Shooting by the light that was already there
How Dele lit The Long Exposure with a lighthouse beam, two lamps and a lot of waiting.

Production
Day 18 of 31: the diary from the pool
Notes from the Lengths shoot in Lisbon: chlorine, cold mornings and a lead actor who swims 4 km before call time.

Industry
What a sales agent actually wants from your site
Logline, status, runtime, a still that works at thumbnail size, and a name with an email. In that order.

Release
Salt Road after the festivals
Eleven territories, three broadcasters and one very persistent truck driver who still calls us every Sunday.

Development
Why we read loglines, not scripts
Our submissions policy, and the three sentences that got Whiteout into development.